Re: [PATCH] databases/redisjson: Upstream statu s change — seeking guidance

Moin Rahman <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:15:16 +0100

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I didn't see this mail but the Redis team reached out to me as I am
maintaining redis*.

Kind regards,
Moin

> On Mar 20, 2026, at 15:55, Ronald Klop <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I think somebody else was looking at the same port at the same time.
> 
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=77284f93863b4c143470faf6e36be615e3c68723
> 
> Regards,
> Ronald.
> 
> Van: [email protected]
> Datum: vrijdag, 20 maart 2026 15:25
> Aan: Freebsd Ports <[email protected]>
> CC: Robert Clausecker <[email protected]>
> Onderwerp: Re: [PATCH] databases/redisjson: Upstream status change — seeking guidance
> Robert,
> Following up on my maintainership request. While preparing the update, I found that upstream (RedisJSON/RedisJSON) now states "We no longer release standalone versions of RedisJSON." Starting with Redis 8, RedisJSON is bundled directly into the Redis server.
> The current port is at v2.0.8. The question is: what's the right path forward?
>     • Update to the last standalone release (2.6.x) for users on older Redis versions
>     • Mark the port as deprecated since the functionality is now in Redis 8
>     • Some other approach I'm not seeing as a newcomer
> I'd rather ask before submitting a patch that takes the wrong direction. What does the community prefer here?
> Wade Markham [email protected]
>     
>

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